INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
8 February 2013
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll, Grow Global’s Director, is running a series of masterclasses to help companies to improve their international web and international social media presence. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
linkedin.com – LinkedIn has announced that it has just reached a milestone of 200 million members. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Google Chairman Eric Schmidt labels China an ‘IT menace’ in a new book ‘The New Digital Age’ due for release in April 2013, reports say. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Google settles French newspaper links dispute by agreeing to create a 60m euro ($82m; £52m) fund to help French media organisations improve their internet operations. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – A study of Google searches has found “significant discrimination” in advert results depending on the perceived race of names searched for. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group has opened a new Twitter account in English, less than two weeks after its previous account was suspended. A senior al-Shabab official told the BBC that the new account was genuine. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
ukti.gov.uk – The City of London, in cooperation with the UK ASEAN Business Council (UKABC), hosted a delegation of Ministers and senior officials from Vietnam who took part in a ‘High Level Economic Dialogue’ with a number of UK businesses who are already active in Vietnam. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Edinburgh-based travel company Skyscanner has announced plans to tackle the US market for sourcing air tickets online. The firm already has offices in Singapore and Beijing and plans to open up in Miami, to compete in the American market. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Australia’s competition watchdog has sued credit card company Visa for alleged “misuse of market power”. It has accused Visa of preventing customers from using a currency of their choice in transactions. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The Argentine government has put a temporary price freeze on all products sold in the country’s main supermarket chains to try to fight inflation. A group representing two-thirds of Argentina’s supermarkets agreed to keep prices steady until the first of April. Read more>>
ukti.gov.uk – Gatwick Airport will operate direct flights between London, UK and Jakarta, Indonesia in a move that has been hailed by David Cameron and Lord Green as good for UK business. Read more>>
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OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News – UK retail sales rise in January 2013>>
BBC News – Scottish Independence ‘Transition Plan’ outlined>>
BBC News – Argentina ‘will control Falklands within 20 years’>>
BBC News – Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy pledges to go on>>
BBC News – Fidel Castro votes in Cuba election>>
BBC News – France protects Niger uranium mine>>
BBC News – French President Hollande pledges to help rebuild Mali>>
BBC News – Dalai Lama blesses Bradford City ahead of League Cup final>>
BBC News – Mali future debated at Brussels meeting>>
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